Lyrics to
Nothin’ But A Heartache

This version of Nothin’ But A Heartache was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1977.

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So you tell him to say no more
You don’t want to know why or where
Where he’s been all these lonely nights
You know what’s wrong and don’t care what’s right
As long as he comes back to you
Someone to love him all his life
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
Darling, you’ll get over it
It ain’t nothing but a heartache
Darling, you’ll get over it

There’s always there comes a day
When love just goes away
When there’s no caring, no words to say
There’s no forgiving, no games to play
When all you know will get you through
Seems like you’ve known it all your life

It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
Darling, you’ll get over it
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
Darling, you’ll get over it

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You can understand the lyrics to Nothin’ But A Heartache if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Nothin’ But A Heartache" means the words set to the music of Nothin’ But A Heartache, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Nothin’ But A Heartache and the lyrics to Nothin’ But A Heartache are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nothin’ But A Heartache, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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